FOI 698-2023 / July 2023 / Interviews
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: FOI-698-2023
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 27th July 2023, and clarification received on 3rd August 2023, as follows:
I would be grateful if you provide the following information relating to voluntary interviews (also known as voluntary attendance or ‘caution plus 3’) and appropriate adults by your police force.
For each of the individual 12 months from April 2022 to March 2023 inclusive:
- The total number of voluntary interviews of all adult suspects (aged 18 or over) for that month.
- The total number of voluntary interviews of adult suspects (aged 18 or over), in which the need for an appropriate adult (under PACE Code C) was recorded in that month.
- The total number of voluntary interviews of child suspects (aged 17 or under) for that month.
- The total number of voluntary interviews of child suspects (aged 17 or under), in which the need for an appropriate adult (under PACE Code C) was recorded in that month.
- The name of the record management system(s) from which the above was retrieved.
Clarification received on 3td August 2023:
Please note that there is a typographical error in question 4 of my original request. This should state "child suspects (aged 17 or under)" rather than "adults suspects (aged 17 or under)".
The correct version of question 4 is therefore:
- The total number of voluntary interviews of child suspects (aged 17 or under), in which the need for an appropriate adult (under PACE Code C) was recorded in that month.
Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay in providing the response to your request and for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Q1 & Q3 response:
|
Year |
Month |
Under 18 |
18 or over |
Not stated |
Total |
|
2022 |
Apr |
1 |
4 |
|
5 |
|
May |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
|
Jun |
3 |
15 |
|
18 |
|
|
Jul |
13 |
95 |
|
108 |
|
|
Aug |
21 |
114 |
1 |
136 |
|
|
Sep |
16 |
95 |
|
111 |
|
|
Oct |
18 |
101 |
|
119 |
|
|
Nov |
19 |
95 |
|
114 |
|
|
Dec |
10 |
68 |
|
78 |
|
|
2023 |
Jan |
18 |
80 |
|
98 |
|
Feb |
24 |
72 |
|
96 |
|
|
Mar |
21 |
110 |
|
131 |
|
|
Grand Total |
164 |
856 |
1 |
1021 |
|
Q2 response: Please be advised that the field within the database which records whether or not an appropriate adult is present is not mandatory and, if not selected, then the field will default to ‘False’ (no). This means that in the event that an individual aged 18 or over did have an appropriate adult attend, but the officer did not complete the field to ‘True’ (yes), then this would not show within the results. The below figures are based on the number of suspects aged 18 or over where it is recorded that an appropriate adult was required to be present.
|
Year |
Month |
18 or over with appropriate adult recorded |
|
2022 |
Apr |
|
|
May |
|
|
|
Jun |
|
|
|
Jul |
1 |
|
|
Aug |
4 |
|
|
Sep |
1 |
|
|
Oct |
1 |
|
|
Nov |
3 |
|
|
Dec |
1 |
|
|
2023 |
Jan |
1 |
|
Feb |
|
|
|
Mar |
1 |
|
|
Grand Total |
13 |
|
Q4 response: Please be advised that all suspects aged 17 or under will have required an appropriate adult to be present.
Q5 response: The information was taken from a spreadsheet report extracted from the Voluntary Interview database.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB